the Delhi University. However the colleges opted to be affiliated to the Mumbai University and at the request of the Government of Goa, the Centre of Post-Graduate Instruction and Research was started in Goa by the Mumbai University with the support of the Goa administration. The Jha Committee proposed the establishment of a university in Goa, and recommended its gradual development from the Centre for Post-Graduate Instruction and Research (CPIR) into a full-fledged university over a period of five to ten years. Creation of university On 1 December 1984, after a long struggle by the pro-autonomy groups in Goa, the Law of the Goa University was signed, which unlinked the CPIR from Mumbai University, and converted it into the Goa University (GU). The aforementioned law extended the performance of GU to the territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, which in practice never occurred. It moved to its present campus on the Taleigao Plateau. Campus The main campus of Goa University was designed by painter, sculptor, muralist, graphic designer and architect Satish Gujral. The university is built on the Taleigão plateau and located about away from the center of the state capital Panaji. Organisation and administration Governance Statutory bodies of the university include the university court, executive council, planning board, academic Council and finance committee. Affiliated colleges Goa University, Goa's only university, is a university of affiliated colleges. 53 affiliated colleges: 29 in general education 24 professional education Enrollment ~27,000, mostly for undergraduate studies Main Campus primarily for post-graduate studies Enrolment ~1,500 Recognised institutions Recognised institutions functioning with Goa University recognition are: National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Vasco Directorate of Archives, Panaji National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula Xavier Centre of Historical Research, Porvorim Malaria Research Centre, Panaji Thomas Stephens Konkkni Kendr, Porvorim Fishery Survey of India, Mormugao All India Institute of Local Self Government, Panaji Academics Rankings The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked Goa University in the 101–150 rank band overall in India and 81 among universities in 2020. Goa University Library Established in 1958 based on the collection of the Centre for Post Graduate Instruction and Research, University of Bombay, the university library holds more than 158,000 books. It subscribes to 350 periodicals. It is the repository of several collection of rare books including a collection on Indo-Portuguese history and culture donated by the late P. S. S. Pissurlekar. Visiting Research Professors